Template:Coord/doc

Purpose

This template, {{coord}}, produces a link to a list of map sources, based on the geographical coordinates and other parameters, and provides a standardized notation for the coordinates.

The template is for WGS84 geographical coordinates (latitude;longitude) on Earth, which can be entered in either decimal notation, or degrees/minutes/seconds parameters, with the appropriate precision.

It links to Template:Coor URL, then displays the coordinates.

The template outputs data in:

• Degree/minutes/seconds ("DMS", precision is degrees, or degrees/minutes, or degrees/minutes/seconds, based on input)
• Decimal (precision by number of decimal places, based on input)
  • A computer-readable Geo microformat.

This single template supersedes {{coor d}}, {{coor dm}}, and {{coor dms}}. It is hoped that, in future, it will supersede the similar {{coor title dms}} and {{coor at dms}} template families.

{{coord}} will also be used by tools which parse the raw Wikipedia database dumps. It must not be modified without reference to that project [link needed].

See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates.

Display

By default coordinates are displayed in the format in which they are specified.

To always display coordinates as DMS values, add this to your your monobook.css:

.geo-default { display: inline } .geo-nondefault { display: inline }
.geo-dec { display: none } .geo-dms { display: inline }

To always display coordinates as decimal values, add this to your monobook.css:

.geo-default { display: inline } .geo-nondefault { display: inline }
.geo-dec { display: inline } .geo-dms { display: none }

To display coordinates in both formats, add this to your monobook.css:

.geo-default { display: inline } .geo-nondefault { display: inline }
.geo-dec { display: inline } .geo-dms { display: inline }
.geo-multi-punct { display: inline }

See also Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Geographical coordinates.

Usage

{{coord|latitude|longitude|parameters|display=display}}
{{coord|dd|N/S|dd|E/W|parameters|display=display}}
{{coord|dd|mm|N/S|dd|mm|E/W|parameters|display=display}}
{{coord|dd|mm|ss|N/S|dd|mm|ss|E/W|parameters|display=display}}

• display, which is optional, can be one of the following:
  • inline (default): display the coordinate inline
  • title: display the coordinate by the article title, right-justified (replaces {{coor title dms}} family)
  • inline,title: display both inline at title (replaces {{coor at dms}} family)

Examples

(These are live geo-microformats and should be detected on this page by parsers)

Template:Template example rowTemplate:Template example rowTemplate:Template example rowTemplate:Template example rowTemplate:Template example rowTemplate:Template example rowTemplate:Template example rowTemplate:Template example rowTemplate:Template example rowTemplate:Template example row

Class names

The class names geo, latitude and longitude are used to generate the microformat and MUST NOT be changed.